Going coast to coast in Costa Rica can be a great way to see more of this beautiful country. Check out the Caribbean laidback lifestyle and the famous Pacific coastline.
Category Archives: Travel Tales
Travel resources and travel articles from expat freelance writer Amanda Walkins. Follow her travels around the world.
I recently spent a week in Portland, Maine, at the Women in Travel Summit (WITS) travel conference. To say I felt right at home would be a complete understatement! Joining together with several hundred fellow travel addicts for multiple days of inclusive seminars was a breath of fresh air I didn’t even realize I needed. […]
Rabbie’s tour of St Andrews and Fife is a great day trip from Edinburgh with history, seaside views, and lovely countryside to enjoy.
Housesitting in London with TrustedHousesitters can be a fun series of back-to-back cuddles with cats and dogs.
We’ve been busy!! In the best sort of way, though. Since I simply don’t have the time right now to offer lots of in-depth insights into where we’ve been and what we’ve done (not to say I won’t find the time eventually!), here’s a quick rundown of life in Malta lately. A Weekend Away in […]
If you haven’t yet noticed, I’m a bit of a history nerd. It’s inherited – my dad’s favorite line to say is: “Did you know…” followed by a fact or story of interest. I’ve taken on that tendency, but you can’t keep saying, “Did you know?” without following it up with interesting facts! And so, […]
Did you know that Malta is an independent nation consisting of three main islands in the Mediterranean? We live on the island of Malta, which is the largest. The island of Gozo is the second-largest and less densely populated. The island of Comino is non-residential. Both Gozo and Comino are easily accessible from Malta and, […]
My favorite part of moving to a new expat home is exploring and learning about my new host country. One of the first things I do is check out upcoming calendars for festivals, annual events, and anything else noteworthy so I can try to catch them all. The first one that popped up for our […]